176 Verses?? How to Identify the Narrative of the Longest Mizmor in Tehillim?
Mizmor 119: Structure, Meaning and Context
This long Mizmor praises the Torah in an 8-fold alphabetic order which seems to be very repetitive and monotonous. Is there a structure and a message or is this just a long collection of verses with the same ideas? And why is it placed between the Egyptian Hallel and the Shirei Hamaalot collection?
Contextual interpretation, as has been shown through the course, will be applied to identify the story and messages of this mizmor, comprised of 22 units each composed of 8 verses. In addition, contextual interpretation will show how well positioned Mizmor 119 is between the adjacent Egyptian Hallel (113-118) and the Shirei Hamaalot (120-135) and how it correlates with the beginning and end of the entire book of Tehillim.
לשאר השיעורים בסדרה (30)
- Introduction - Contextual Interpretation of the Book of Tehillim
- Location, Location, Location
- Preservation of Nature – Human Responsibility
- Creating a Model Society: Torah and the Davidic Kingdom
- Redundancy in the Tanakh?
- Man in God’s Kingdom
- A Student’s Guide to Confront Evil from Within and Without
- Thank You Hashem for My Mission to be Your Servant
- Theory vs. Reality; The Davidic Kingdom from Construction to Destruction
- Universal Recognition of God’s Kingdom on Israel and the World
- It’s Not Enough to Say that You’re Sorry
- The Thread of the Davidic Dynasty
- The King is Dead, Long Live the King!
- Destruction, Exile and Reflection: God’s Justice in the World
- Singing with Asaf: Facing Destruction and Preparing to Build the Future Temple
- Hitting Rock Bottom; the Only Way to Go is Up
- The Rehabilitation of Am Yisrael – Back to the Torah of Moshe!
- God’s Creation Restored: Reflections on Good and Evil, the Righteous and the Wicked, Success and Failure
- Paving the Way to God’s Kingdom over Israel and the Nations
- Surviving the Exile and Returning to Eretz Yisrael
- Thesis (105) - Antithesis (106) – Synthesis (107): Historical Responsibility
- When You Call Out My Name, You Know That Wherever I Am, I’ll Come Running
- God and the Righteous: Two-Way Communication
- The Exodus From Egypt: Relevance for All Time
- Standing on the Steps of the Holy Temple
- A Tale of Two Hallels: Similarities and Differences Creating the Narrative in Book V
- By the Rivers of Babylon: Survival and Resilience
- The Ubiquity of Ashrei
- The Ultimate Hallel: Praising God in Zion by All Peoples and Creation
- Tehillim as a Religious Journey: Where Do We Go From Here?